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Boarding Card

02 March 2013

Exhibition: Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd March. 12pm to 5pm
Closing Night: Thursday 7th March. 5pm to 9pm

Come and see what makes a cardboard engineer tick…

Following on from his hugely successful Icecreamvan, cardboard Sculptor William Alexander takes on his next challenge – to build a gondola, destined for the canals of Venice.

As part of the First Weekends programme of events, ‘Boarding Card’ is an installation featuring an on site build of his latest sculpture alongside an exhibition of his blue prints and paintings as well as the fully operational Icecreamvan.

To become IceCreamVanMan Will Alexander designed and built his own van from cardboard, powered by the artist from within, to make interventions into the spectacle of the everyday. By serving freshly made ‘cones’ dipped in ‘flavours’ of paint, IceCreamVanMan spread a joyfilled viewing and collecting experience, from Tate Modern in London to Edinburgh Festival and even over to the roam the streets of New York City.

His continued explorations into making vehicles from cardboard included a tram in Zurich with K3 Gallery. He now delivers his most ambitious sculpture so far – a full size Venetian gondola that he will operate out on the water.

In late February 2013, the gondola will travel in sections from Will’s studio in Bethnal Green to be assembled in the Electrician’s Shop at Trinity Buoy Wharf, worked on in the space and finally exhibited on Thursday 8th March.
This whole process will be documented using a revolutionary new system of filming that allows remote mapping of this journey and the artists’ ultimate ambition of delivering the work to this year’s Venice Biennale where he aims to perform as a gondolier.¬¬¬

Produced by Outtakes working with Gamelab at London Metropolitan University, the interactive technology will allow users to access hidden assets in moving images and be one of the first films in the world to exploit this exciting development. The finished film will be shown at the Electrician’s Shop during June’s First Weekends mapping project.

For Further Information on the Artist: www.williamalexander.me.uk

For more information on the show contact the curator Garry Hunter
on 07860 435 693 or email fitzrovianoir@gmail.com

Boarding Card is supported by Out Takes Film Communications and Game Lab London.

First Weekends is supported by the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust.